South Asia Physical Geography South Asia Satellite View
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South Asia Physical Geography
South Asia
Satellite View of South Asia
The Size of South Asia
Mountains & Plateaus Himalaya Mountains -Natural barrier to rest of Asia -Still growing-colliding w/ Asia -Nepal & Bhutan
The Himalayas § “him” [snow] § “aalaya” [home] § Mt. Everest is 29, 035 feet. It is the highest mt. peak in the world.
Mountains & Plateaus cont. Hindu Kush Mountains -Barrier b/w Pakistan & Afghanistan -Fight over passes
Hindu Kush
The Khyber Pass
Mountains & Plateaus cont. Deccan Plateau -Most of southern India -Surrounded by Western & Eastern Ghats -Arid: Mts. Block moisture
The Deccan Plateau § 31, 800 square miles in size. § Elevation range: 2, 000 – 8, 000 feet high. § From the Sanskrit word, “dakshina” [“the south”].
Rivers & Plains Three Great Rivers -Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra -Begin in Himalayas
The Ganges River System 1, 560 miles long
The Brahmaputra River System 1, 800 miles long
Flooding on the Brahmaputra
The Indus River System 1, 975 miles long
Rivers & Plains cont. Indo-Gangetic Plain -North India -Formed by Indus, Ganges & Brahmaputra (3 Great Rivers) -Most heavily populated area (3/5 of population)
The Thar Desert § The Great Indian Desert § 200 - 1500 feet in elevation. § up to 113ºF in July.
South Asia: Physical Map
Resources u Water & Soil -Provides food (Farming/fishing) -Alluvial soil: fertile, river soil -Water: CROPS & transportation
Resources u Forests -Rain forests -Highland forests -Deforestation: PROBLEM Leads to: soil erosion flooding/landslides habitat loss
Resources u Minerals -Coal, petroleum, natural gas -Iron ore
Climate 1. Highland – coldest 2. Humid subtropical – lush land 3. Semiarid 4. Desert 5. Tropical wet 6. Tropical wet & dry
Climate u Monsoons -Seasonal winds -Good: Rain -Bad: Unpredictable, flooding
Winter Monsoons: Nov. April
Summer Monsoons: May. Oct.
Climate u Cyclones -Violent storms -Dangerous
Major Farming Systems of South Asia
Economic Activities & Resources
Silk Cultivation
HEI: Ganges River Most well known in region u Important -Drinking, farming, transportation u Hinduism -Most popular religion in India -Sacred River -Healing power u
HEI: Ganges River u Pollution -Most polluted in world -sewage, industrial waste, corpses -Diseases: cholera, hepatitis, typhoid -Enormous problem!!!!
Overview
- Climate zones of asia
- South asia satellite
- Reteaching activity 24 cultural geography of south asia
- Chapter 25 section 3 nepal and bhutan
- East asia physical geography
- Physical geography east asia
- Chapter 27 physical geography of east asia
- Lesson 1 physical geography of southeast asia
- Physical geography of east asia
- Kums definition geography
- Chapter 21 physical geography of southwest asia
- Peninsulas and waterways in southwest asia
- South asia physical features map
- South asia physical features
- Tear
- Web quest: geography of the spanish speaking world
- Lesson 1 latin america africa and the middle east
- South satellite seatac
- Satellite view of antarctica
- Satellite view of africa
- View cube satellite
- Satellite view of antarctica
- Se asia's geography cloze notes 1
- Map of asia
- Chapter 22 human geography of southwest asia
- Brain wrinkles southern and eastern asia
- Brain wrinkles southern and eastern asia
- Brain wrinkles southwest asia
- Southwest asia geography
- South west asia and north africa map
- South asia unit test
- Asia scavenger hunt
- South asia map and capitals
- South asia map ganges delta
- Your name
- South asia landforms
- Arya south asia 46m 14msinghtechcrunch
- Pearson education south asia pte ltd